Rug-hanging apparatus



April 29, 1930.

E. B. HoRNE RUG HANGING APPARATUS Filed Jan. 12. 192e wazzdnagwma vwu Patented Apr. 29, 1930 UITE ST'TESy BER B. HORNE, OF 'EAST CLEVELANDOHIO RUG-HANGING APPARATUS Application filed January 12, 1928. Serial No. 246,350.

This invention relates to rug hanging apparatus, particularly that which is used in rug cleaning establishments to support the rugs while they are being dried. For this purpose, it has been customary to mount a row of pins in a wooden pole, then to fasten the rug over the pins, and thereafter to support tde pole sufliciently high above the door that the bottom of the rug clears the floor.

While the rug is so supported, there is a tendency of the pole to bend, and as a result, the rug will not lay flat upon the door after it has been dried.

Moreover, the pole is apt to split, particularly along the line of attachment between the pole and the supporting pins. As a result, the cye bolts which connect the polev to the supporting ropes are apt to be pulled away from the pole, thus allowing the rug to fall.

The principal object of the present invention is to make a pole upon which one or more rugs may be readily fastened and which will not be deiected by the weight of a large rug. A further object is to make a pole which will not have a tendency to splitl and which therefore will not permit a rug to fall from the pole.

In the drawings, Fig. 1 is a side view of a rug which is suspended from a pole made in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is an end view of the device shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a side elevation of parts of the pole on an enlarged scale; Fig. 4 is a vertical transverse plane taken through the pole on a plane indicated by the line 4-4 in Fig. 3; Figs. 5 and 6 are end and side views respectively of a pole having a modified form of attachment for enabling the pole to be connected to hoisting ropes.

Rug hanging apparatus of this character usually includes some form of means for holding the pole in suspended position during the drying operation. Accordingly, in Figs. 1 and 2 I have shown hangers 10, each of which supports a pulley sheave 12, over which a rope 13 may be passed. The upper end of each rope is attached to a hook member 14, which is intended to be fastened through an eye member to the pole.

The pole illustrated in the drawings is made of two pieces of wood 15 and 16, which are suitablyrounded on the top 'to receive rug retaining pins 17, and which are intended to be fastened together, as by securing screws 18; The joint between the two blocks extends in a vertical plane through lthe middle of the pole, as is illustrated particularly in Fig. 5. Each block is provided with a semi-circular recess 20, and the recesses are so positioned that a cylindrical passageway is provided through the pole when the blocks are brought together.` A pipe 21 is placed within such passageway and functions to add rigidity to the pole, and to lprevent deflection without vincreasing the weight of the pole to an objectionable degree.

In Figs. 3 and 4, I have shown the eye member as embodying a bolt 25 which extends through the pole and pipe. The upper portion ofthe bolt is curved, as at 26, and the free end is intended to enter a recess in the top ofthe pol-e. Thereafter, the bolts may be locked in place by means of nuts -27 which bear against'a channel-shaped strip 28. I place one of these eye members at each end of the pole, as is illustrated in Fig. 1.

A modified form of construction which may be employed for making the eye mem# ber, is shown in Figs. 5 and 6. Such modification consists in two metallic strips which extend vertically along the sides and top of the respective members 15 and 16. Each of the strips 30 and 81 has a curved extension Y 85 j 32 which, when brought into 'engagement' with each other, provide a passageway 33, through which the hook member may extend. These strips may be fastenedto the pole by bolts 35 which are disposed above and beneath the pipe.

A pole made in accordance with my invention is advantageous, in that it will hold extremely heavy rugs without deflecting, and still will be exceptionally light in weight.

I claim 1. A rug hanging pole comprising in commember lying partially Within each strip and also extending throughout the length of the pole, a pair of straps at each end of the pole, means for attaching said straps to the 5 pole above and below the reinforcing member, said straps cooperating to provide a pole supporting eye, and. pins extending from each of said strips'at spaced intervals adjacent the upper part of the pole.

. 2. In a device of the character described,

'1320 3. In a device of the character described,

the combination with ar pole, of ahollow` sup-V porting member extending therethrough and throughout the length thereof, la pair of cooperating pole. supporting members at each end of the pole, said members being'attached .to the sides of the pole andprojecting above fthe top portion thereof, the projecting por- Ations cooperating to provide a pole supporting eye.,

the combination with a pair of similarly shaped Vstrips arranged back to back to form `a pole, means-for holding said strips together, and other means at the ends of'the strips for x Y enabling the pole to be suspended in overheadposition, saidlast named means comprising vertically extending straps, each having the upper portion thereofcurved' in opposite directions, said l curved portions co'- operating to provide an eye through which pole supportingmeans may extend.

4. In a rug hanging apparatus,'the combiation of fa pole having a roW of rug support- Aingpinsin the upper surface thereof, a stiff tube extending lengthwisethereof substantially from end to end and snugly embedded .in the materialof the pole-to vreinforce the same, and supporting devices tightly secured to the poleadjacent'each end and having por- 40 tions extending beneath the reinforced pole. In-testimony whereof, I hereunto aiiix my signature. Y

EBER B. HoRNE. 

